[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c9.42 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c9.42 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c9.42 - **Language:** English ### [c9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.42) “If I wait for her word,” reflected the man, “I shall never be able to come away. I will flee and become an ascetic without saying a word to her.” So he said nothing to her, got up one night and fled. The city guards arrested him. “I have to support a mother,” he cried, “let me go.” In this way, he got his release and went straight to the Himâlaya, when the main gate was opened. Here he lived as a hermit, became possessed of supernatural powers and enjoyed the pleasures of meditation. “The fetters of wife and child, the fetters of passion, so difficult to break, I have broken,” so he shouted triumphantly and recited the verses: - [Previous: c9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.41) - [Next: c9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.43) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c9.42) · Pramāṇa